Om kønnet sprogs indvirken på stereotype kønsopfattelser

This paper examines the relation between gendered language and the processing of non-stereotypical gender representation through a psycholinguistic priming experiment consisting of a self-paced reading test. The experiment tests two things: The processing ease of 3rd person singular pronouns that either match or mismatch the stereotypical gender of their referents; and whether sentences with gendered language affect this. Processing ease is measured by reading time. Sentences with gendered language are used as priming; and pronouns with matching or mismatching stereotypicality as targets. The results showed no difference in the reading time of matching and mismatching pronouns, and no priming effect was found. This could point to the fact that gender stereotypical mismatch does not affect the informants; and that gendered language is so well-integrated in our language that it cannot prime for gender stereotypes. Moreover, the pronoun han was read significantly faster than the pronoun hun, which could indicate that the masculine is expected as a linguistic norm. This is considered in relation to the reflections on the missing priming effect as a result of gendered language being the norm.This paper examines the relation between gendered language and the processing of non-stereotypical gender representation through a psycholinguistic priming experiment consisting of a self-paced reading test. The experiment tests two things: The processing ease of 3rd person singular pronouns that either match or mismatch the stereotypical gender of their referents; and whether sentences with gendered language affect this. Processing ease is measured by reading time. Sentences with gendered language are used as priming; and pronouns with matching or mismatching stereotypicality as targets. The results showed no difference in the reading time of matching and mismatching pronouns, and no priming effect was found. This could point to the fact that gender stereotypical mismatch does not affect the informants; and that gendered language is so well-integrated in our language that it cannot prime for gender stereotypes. Moreover, the pronoun han was read significantly faster than the pronoun hun, which could indicate that the masculine is expected as a linguistic norm. This is considered in relation to the reflections on the missing priming effect as a result of gendered language being the norm

Questioning Normal: Overcoming implicit resistance to norm critical education

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Flersporede samtaler og hvordan de skabes

It is a well-known phenomenon that participants orient to several things, people or topics within conversations. Sometimes, this can develop into what Maria Egbert (1993) calls schisming, namely when a single conversation diverges into several conversations that are not necessarily dependent on each other. This paper takes a conversation analytic approach to showing how some participants in a conversation (three members of a study group in this case) can create and take part in two different conversations, which are both dependent on the main conversation. Furthermore, it shows that participants create these subordinate conversations through intersubjective processes and contextualization of their roles and relationships. Lastly, it suggests and discusses a new phenomenon similar to the notion of schisming that we call primary and secondary conversational tracks/sequences, and how it can be further investigated in talk in interaction

Nogle iagttagelser af retoriske træk i danske hadbeskeder

Hadbeskeder er hadefulde, forhånende eller generelt chikanerende beskeder, som sendes til offentligt kendte personer, men på trods af at de efterhånden er et grundvilkår for disse personer, findes der meget lidt sprogvidenskabeligt funderet forskning i dem. I dette studie analyseres 49 autentiske hadbeskeder, og beskedernes retoriske træk og overordnede kommunikative formål kortlægges. Det vurderes, at beskedernes kommunikative formål er at nedværdige modtageren, at gøre gengæld (retaliation) og at manipulere afsenderen og modtagerens magtforhold. Der identificeres 17 retoriske træk, hvoraf hadbeskederne altid indeholder enten Fordømme karaktertræk, Verbal disciplinering, Kritisere opførsel i konkret situation eller Ønske modtager ondt. De fleste af trækkene bidrager til de overordnede kommunikative formål. Udover at give en forståelse af, hvordan hadbeskeder sprogligt er opbygget, kan resultaterne pege på nogle af de sociale og emotionelle mekanismer, der ligger bag beskedernes tilblivelse